Conventional warfare--clashes between large military forces--defined twentieth-century power. But today, facing a dominant American military, our principal adversaries, Russia, China, and Iran, have adopted a new style of competition. Cyber attacks, covert action, proxy conflicts, information and disinformation campaigns, espionage, and economic coercion--these are the tools of irregular, or asymmetric, warfare, which will increasingly reshape international politics.

Defense expert Seth G. Jones profiles pioneers of irregular warfare in Moscow, Beijing, and Tehran who adapted American techniques and made huge gains without waging traditional warfare. Drawing on interviews with dozens of US military, diplomatic, and intelligence officials, such as CIA directors Michael Hayden and David Petraeus, Three Dangerous Men demonstrates why the United States abandoned its own irregular capabilities and is thus steadily losing ground to its global adversaries. Jones argues the United States must significantly alter how it thinks about--and engages in--competition before it is too late.

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Format: Hardcover
Author: Jones, Seth G.
ISBN: 9781324006206
Condition: Used
Dimensions: 9.35 x 1.02
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Year: 2021

Language: English

Three Dangerous Men: Russia, China, Iran and the Rise of Irregular Warfare

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